Meet the Grantmakers

Atlanta

A panel of corporate, family, and community foundation grantmakers will detail the process and what it takes for organizations to qualify for funding from their respective foundations. They will also share tips on how your organization can remain solvent during a period of economic downturn.

120 minutes
Free

Our panelists will include:

• Tenè Traylor, Program Officer
  The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc.


• Maggie McElhannon, Manager, Community Relations
  Nordson Corporation


• Catherine Covington, Grants Manager
  SunTrust Bank Endowment & Foundation Services


• Also featuring two successful grantseekers

Tené Traylor serves as a program officer for The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta. She joined the team in August of 2006. Tené’s primary role is working with the Common Good Funds and managing The Neighborhood Fund. The Common Good Funds link Tené with nonprofit organizations and critical issues facing the region. Through her role with the Neighborhood Fund, a community leadership program that provides small grants, leadership development and coaching directly to residents for community-building work, Tené serves as the Foundation’s liaison for neighborhood transformation and community development. Tené’s experience includes community building, community economic development, program management and fundraising. Prior to her role at The Community Foundation, Tené worked for United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta for five years in its major gifts and community impact departments.

Maggie McElhannon, Manager of Community Relations for the Nordson Corporation, oversees foundation giving and community relations for Georgia and California. Prior to joining Nordson, she was an event planner for a children’s hospital and worked in fundraising for a billion dollar university campaign. Ms. McElhannon lived overseas in The Republic of Georgia, where she worked as an advisor to nonprofit organizations. In addition to her position at Nordson, Ms. McElhannon is a graduate student at the University of Georgia in public administration with a concentration in public policy and nonprofit management.

Catherine Covington received her B.S. in Management with a concentration in Accounting from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Upon graduation, Catherine was selected for a year-long fellowship with the Woodruff and Whitehead Foundations, where she participated with the foundations’ officers in meetings with grants applicants and site visits to organizations seeking support. After spending some time as an Audit Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, Catherine found her way back in the nonprofit sector as the Grants Manager at SunTrust Bank in Endowment and Foundation Services, where she is currently employed. She is responsible for all aspects of the grants management process including receipt of the grant applications, site visits, maintenance of the grants management database, preparation of board meeting materials and attendance at board meetings, processing approved and declined grant applications, etc., for a number of private foundation clients.

Also featuring two successful grantseekers:

Zenobia Bass, grants coordinator at the Atlanta Union Mission and Laura O. Moore, founder and president of Dream House for Medically Fragile Children Inc. These successful grantseekers will share personal stories of how they managed to grow through the challenging nonprofit start-up phase to become reputable nonprofit organizations with diverse funding streams.

This program is offered free of charge. Space is limited. Please arrive on time or your seat may be given away to others who are waiting to attend.

To register online please select one of the following sessions:

Registration for this course is currently closed. For classes and events offered over the next three months, please see our Events Calendar.

For additional information, call The Foundation Center-Atlanta at 404-880-0095.